\( ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY A: : J V6lume XXlV.—Number 8. ~ Few Register For Election March 16 For City Extension i Assurance Given That School Children Will j Be Transported Judging from the number who have registered to vote, apparent ly little interest has been aroused over the forthcoming election to extend the corporate limits of Edenton, which is proposed to take in that area from the present city I limits along U. S. Highway 17 1 south to a lane leading to Pembroke' Creek. Some objection on the part of a few has been registered which is! primarily directed to the transpor-j tat ion of school children. Those objecting advance the argument l that if the area is included in the 1 city limits school children will not be picked uo by the county school buses. The Herald editor contact ed both John A. Holmes and 'W. J. Taylor, city and county school su perintendents respectively, and the information is that the children will be transported. The situation has been considered by Edenton Schoo’ Trustees and while it is not the general, policy to transport children within the city limits, the trustees have some discretionary powers and if the area is taken in the city limits they plan to have the chil dren transported. Mr. Taylor informed The Herald that while he has not the authority to say the children will be picked up, he had agreed with Mr. Holmes to transport the children as at present until and if he is ordered otherwise by state authorities. To vote in the election a person must reside in the area to be an nexed. Other requirements are Continued on Page 3 —Section 1 Albemarle Choius WW Meet Friday At Hotel Joseph Hewes Rehearsals Being Held In Room Formerly Used By USO The Albemarle Chorus, a recent ly organized adult civic choir, will hold its next meeting Friday night, February 22, at the Jdsenh Hewes Hotel in the room formerly used .by the USO. Mrs. A1 Phillips, president, urges all members to at-1 tend this rehearsal, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. This adult civic chorus was form ed for the purpose of giving “sing ing pleasure” to the citizens of the Chowan-Albemarle area. Each Fri day evening the choir director. Richard Schuman, with his piano accompanists, Mrs. Jay McDonald and Miss Agnes Chappell, give val uable instruction in the choir sing ing of sacred and secular songs. The choir officials, as always, extend a cordial welcome to all who like to sing and wish to re ceive singing instruction with this 1 civic chorus. Edenton Lions Hear Facts About Memorial Hospital 5^ History and functions of Memor «je Edenton Lions Club^Monday ~.., , , . . pita) at Winston-Salem. THE CHOWAN HERALD fr" ■ - ■ ’ ' Li New Chairman j is. J JHEEi JHH'" v > TOM HOPKINS With the resignation of J. Edwin Bufflap, Tom Hopkins, manager of the Albemarle Furniture Company, I will serve as chairman of the Cho- 1 ’ wan Chapter of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis. BPW Dinner Meeting Is Scheduled Tonight The Edenton Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club will hold its February dinner meeting to night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the Triangle Restaurant. An in teresting program has been ar ranged by Mrs. Anne Jenkins, pro gram chairman, so that Mrs. Mar garet Phthisic, president, hopes there will be-a full attendance. Tom Hopkins New Chairman For Polio In Chowan County Cub Scout Banquet Tuesdayjeb. 26th Cubs Now Busy Con structing 50 Squir rel Boxes Announcement was made early this week by Col. W. A. Free, Cub master of the of Cub Scouts, that a Cub Scout banquet will be held in the cafeteria at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Tuesday night, February 26, at 6:30 o’clock. The Cubs’ present project is con struction of 50 squirrel - boxes, which will be placed ip the sur rounding community in. the near fu ture under the direction of Gam- Warden Robert Evans. masons Meet tonight Unanimity Lodge No. 7 A. F. & A. M., will hold a stated communi cation tonight (Thursday) at 8 Greenville Tuesday night of next the lodge, urges a full attendance. — ! facilities and adequate hospital in surance. The Chapel Hill hospi tal has a four-year medical and dental school, plus a nursing school and a school of pharmacy. The hospital was launched by the 1947 General Assembly at a cost of $6,000,000. It has 400 beds, plus a 76-bed psychiatric wing. For the past few months the hospital hats been filled to overflowing, the speaken related. The hospital has 700 employees, 127 interns and resi-, dent doctors, 261 mediae] students and 187 nurses in training. There State!* Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday February 21,1957. Mrs. Woodßott Elected ReHOf Local DAR Her ! Historical Awards and | Good Citizenship Me dals Announced- Edenton Tea Party Chapter, NSDAR, met in the James Iredell house Wednesday of last week with Mrs. J. L. Pettus, vice re gent, presiding, opening the meet ing with the ritual, prayer and pledge of allegiance to the flag. Mrs. Ralph Parrish i-ead an' in teresting article on Martha Wash ington and ladies of the White House which appeared in the DAR Magazine. An important item of business was the election of officers, with Mrs. Wood Privott being elected Regent to succeed Mrs. R. P. Bad ham. Other officers elected were as follows: Vice Regent, Mrs. George K. Mack; Chaplain, Mrs. J. L. Pettus; recording secretary, Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning; corres ponding secretary, Mrs. Boyd Har- Continued on Page 3. Section 1 j I Masons Plan Ladies’ ! Night Supper Friday j i Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M.. will hold a ladies’ night sup per Friday night, February 22, at 7 o’clock. The affair will be held in the dining room of the Masonic Temple. The principal speaker for the oc casion will be Judge W. J. (Dack) Bundy of Greenville, a nast Grand Master of Masons in North Caro-, lina. A large number of Masons and their wives are expected to at tend. J. Edwin Bufflap Re signs After Serving Since 1943 J. Edwin Bufflap has resigned as , chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the Nation:*.! Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. His successor will be Tom Hopkins, manager of the Albemarle Furni ' ture Company.- Mr. Hopkins is no novice in the ’ Infantile Paralysis program, hav | ing served as chairman of the Washington County Chapter before * he moved from Plymouth to Edon k ton to enter the furniture busi ness. % Bufflap has served as chairman ’ of the Chowan Chapter since Octo ber, 1943, when he succeeded Fath _' er F. J. McCourt, who was chair man for several years but was forc ed to resign due to his church ac tivities. : All of the current bills against Continued on Page 7—Section 1 »l / «- v [CIVIC CALENDAR' A special election will be held Saturday, March 16, from 6:30 A. M„ to 6:30 P. M, to decide wheth-j er not to extend the corporate lim-' its of Edenton. Heart Sunday • will be observed in Chowan County Sunday, Febru ary 24. District Governor Marvin E. Ev ans of Wilson will be a guest of the Edenton Lions Club at its meet ing Monday night, February 25, at 7 o’clock. Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., & A. M, will hold a ladies’ night sup per in the dining room of the Ma sonic Temple Friday night, Febru ary 22, at 7 o’clock. Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will meet Friday afternoon, February 22. at S o’clock in the nurses’ Red Cross fund raising campaign will be held fen Chowan County atnvin* *4a_ mawitK cJ Mai«h fturmg-fite monut or iwarcn. £ Corn Contest Winners j 'ft IB J9 HhSI Pictured above are the 1956 Chowan County 4-H corn growing contest winners and their fathers. The winners were announced at a meeting of the Edenton Lions Club, sponsors of the project, Mon day night of last week. At left is Milton Evans and his son, Ray Evans. Next is Sid White and his son, Sid White, Jr., and at right Carson Chappell and his son, Charles Larry Chappell. Heart Sunday Will Be Held In Edenton Sunday, Feb. 24th |{ To Visit Lions Club j ,\ p District Governor Marvin E. Ev ans of: Wilson will be a guest of the Edenton Lions Club at its meeting Monday night, February | 25, at 7 o’clock. Teen - Age PanelTs Feature At Meeting Os Edenton’s PTA I Resolution Adopted To Support Salary In- j crease For Teachers One of the best attended meet-' ings in recent years was held by j the Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso-I ciation Tuesday night in the audi-| torium of the Edenton Elementary! School, a feature being a panel dis-l cussion, “Youth Speaks,” which had I to do principally with teen-age' problems and activities. Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Dr. McGuire, District Health Officer, Favors Mental Clinic Expressions on Matter Are Invited, For or Against By DR. B. B. McGUIRE District Health Officer Soon after, if now concurrent with, the establishment of this Re public, until the present the public, directly or through their elected legislative bodies, has found it ne-l i eessary to take over care of vari ous diseases or to cooperate with 1 the medical profession in their care. Particularly has it been neces sary for the public or legislative bodies to control the spread of com municable disease. Practicing phy sicians, of course, treat these di seases and always have, as they ! should do, but they are not paid to “find and remove, the source.” That is the function of public [health which is so necessary that i it is accepted by both the public | and appropriating bodies-as an ab i solute necessity. We in public i health do not practice curative | one instance to be mentioned later. j Group of Solicitors An | nounced By Dr. Ed Bond, Chairman I . Chowan County’s Heart Sunday 1 volunteer army, bringing the 1957 Heart Fund drive to a climax, will | move on every section of this eom -1 munity Sunday afternoon. Febru ay 24, to collect contributions so: ' the mass crusade against heart di ! seases. * j Dr. Edward G. Bond, general ! chairman, has announced final | plans for Sunday’s drive. Mrs. E. ! N. Elliott will once again head the county drive, Mrs. Charles P. Wales is serving as treasurer, and the publicity is being handled by Mrs. . Edward G. Bond, radio sta' inn • WCDJ and The Chowan Herald. , J. H. Conger, Jr., in charge of can . vassing the business district, has | sent each firm a letter enclosing !a heart “policy”. I i; The Junior Chamber of Com- I merce will form a road block on ! Highway 17 on Sunday afternoon, ■ and the following volunteer cap tains and solicitors will visit homes 1 Continued on Page 3—Section 1 i Miss Ann Harless Is ! ! Chosen Secretary To i President Os Senate i Miss Ann Harless, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Harless, lias | been appointed secretary to Claude .1 Currie, the president of the North I Carolina Senate. ■ I In addition, she will serve as sec -1 retary to the Senate Rules Com i mittee of which Mr. Currie is chair- I man. ’ This is Miss Harless’ second ses ! sion, having served as secretary to ! the Senate Roads Committee in 1954-55. the above diseases: 1. Leprosy. The public through Congress established this Federal hospital on the island off the Lou isiana coast, isolates, treats and prevents spread of leprosy. What! doctor wants to treat it at home ? 2. Mentally Sick. The North Carolina public, through tax funds , is assuming the enormous task of caring for them. Over 11,000 peo ! pie are there now, costing us over • $12,000,000 a year. Does our Medi cal Society want to add to this to . tal by denying a clinic where part of these people can be kept out and! i restored to normal lives ? 3. Typhoid Fever. The public • caused the vaccine to be prepared and Hie public took the vaccine, ’ principally given by public health 1 that has practically removed this disease from our category. Many ; young doctors and others not so : young have never seen a case of ' typhoid fever. But eternal vigi - lance through public health is ne ! cessary to keep it controlled. j ! 4. Tuberculosis. The public,! • aroused by the knowledge of the! - method of spread, formed the Na • Ceatißuad on P»** I—Section 1 I -ail ' Philip S. McMullan One Os Five Named 1 1956 Silver Beaver | Third Edenton Man to | Be Honored For Scouting Philip S. McMullan has been sig ! nally honored by the Tidewater ! Council of the Boy Seoirt.-' of Amer- ! | ica by being among five men to re -1 ceibed the Silber Beaver Award for distinguished service to boyhood for ’ the year 1956. Only two other i Edenton men interested in boys . have won this honor, they being H. A. Cainpen and VV. C. Overman. i I In making the award, the Tide-' ! water Council said “he loves boys | and is the father of an Eagle Scout I j with Palms. Through his encour ' agement several Scouts have be-, j come Eagles and others have beenj j led to Higher ideals and advance-j ment in Scouting. This man seeks j no glory for himself, 'out in his j quiet way strives to holp boys ii> every way he can.” Mr. McMullan was a District Committee-man from 1941 to 1946. i Continued on Page B—Section 1 | | Cecil Fry Elected New . Varsity Club President I ! Edenton’s Varsity Club elected ] officers for the year 1957 at its j meeting Monday night, when Cecil ; • Fry was chosen president to suc • ceed Joe Thorud. The other offi- I eers elected were: Jesse Harrell,' . vice president; Nick George, secre-! . tary-treasurer and Tom Hopkins.l treasurer. The o!ul> will meet again Tues day, March 5, when a program of | work for the year will he planned, which among other activities will be a membership drive. www>yvwvvv%^/wwwvvvvvwv ' VVIASIWWV Legion Post Backs i ■ John A. Holmes For iState Commander ( Busy Man ] |V ; i Albert Byrum, serving his ini tial term as Chowan County’s Rep resentative in the General Assem : bly, was placed on 12 committees when the House of Representatives organized last week. The committees on which Mr. By -11 rum will serve in the House are: 'j Agriculture, B&nks and Banking, j Commercial Fisheries and Oyster Industry, Congressional Districts. Drainage, Health, Insurance, Pub ' lie Utilities, Public Welfare. Roads ! and Highway Safety, Senatorial Districts, and Appropriations, i Veteran legislators say “for a i freshman Representative, Mr. By rum has been extremely fortunate in being appointed to so many im portant committees.” 20 Years Ago! As Found In the Files of i The Chowan Herald j V -> Ten State Highway Department engineers took up quarters in Ho tel Joseph Hewes in preparation, ' for starting work on the Albe marie Sound bridge. Representative Lindsay Warren asked for an appropriation of $25.- i 000 to increase facilities at the Edenton Fish Hatchery. Paul Spencer and Calvin Sexton, j two members of the Edenton Aces, j State Class B high school cham pions, were offered scholarships at ! Cornell University and Louisiana 1 j State. Representative John F. White in troduced a resolution in the House of Representatives inviting the Legislature te hold a one-day ses . slon m Edenton. A fishery expert was scheduled to start a survey on shad in local waters. L. S. Byrum and O. B. Perry bought the interest of J. E. Jack i son and W. J. Yates in the Chowan ! Motor Company. J. L. Chestnutt, returning to Edenton from Bel haven, was plan- I Csnttaosd m Ply I gwtt— 1 $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina. Councilmen Vote ITo Change Zoning West Eden Street j s 1 y Cross Chairman * r • 1 111 ’ I jBL JIMMY EARNHARDT With the Ked Cross fund raising drive schedulecf to be held during j March, Jimmy Earnhardt has been appointed chairman for Chowan County’s drive to raise $2,«03. Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday 1 j The Chowan Hospital Auxiliaryi j will meet Friday afternoon, Feb-: ruary 22, at 3 o’clock in the nurses’ home. A good program has been arranged, after which tea will be served. All members ale especial- ' 1 ly urged to attend. Plans Principal Item Os Business at Meet ing Tuesday Night I The regular meeting of Edward] G. Bond Post N’o. 40 of the Ameri-j can Legion will be held in the Leg- ! ion hut Tuesday night. February' 26, beginning at 7 o’clock with a 1 “Dutch” supper to be served by the' Legionnaires. The main order of' ■ business will be formulating future plans concerning the candidacy of • I Legionnaire John A. Holmes for ■ department (state) commander. ; Reports regarding progress in the ■] campaign are to he submitted. Featured on the program will be l j an address by Colonel Frank Co!- ' 1 i ns, commanding officer of the “I Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta Continued on Page s—Section 1 BANK CLOSED FRIDAY r The Bank of Edenton will be j closed Friday, Febmary 22 due to I \ the observance of George Washing ton's birthday. Important banking 1 [ business should be transacted ac- I cordingly. Annual Conservation Poster Contest Scheduled In March Plans Worked Out at Meeting Held In Elizabeth City j The conservation poster contest! will be held each year in the schools! within the Albemarle Soil Conser vation District. Supervisors of the five county district, along with the county superintendents of schools and representatives of the Eliza beth City Chamber of Commerce, met at the Carolina Coffee Shop in Elizabeth City last Thursday night and worked out plans for holding the contest annually during the month of March on the county level and the district contest during April. It was decided by the group present to designate the month of March as Conservation Month in all the school* la the AftflOMte Soil " A FIGHT POLIO ... JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES! Only Objection Had to Do With Parking Problem Meeting in special session Mon day night, Town Council voted to change the town’s zoning ordinance as it affects West Eden Street. Both sides of the street from the Byrum and Warren line on the west as far as the Jackson line on the east will hereafter be classified as RA-;> instead of RA-7. The change ,akes the affected area out of the strictly residential section, so that a doctor’s office will he allowed to be erected if desired. There was some objection reg istered to the change which for the most part was predicated on tho opinion that it a doctor’s office is erected parking on the street "'ill present a serious problem. Meeting with the Councilmen was the Zoning Adjustment Board, but members pointed out that the change was not under their juris diction. so that Town Council took the action. laycees Observing Brotherhood Week Group of 25 Attends Service at Baptist Church Sunday Hdenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce is joining in the observ ance of Brotherhood Week, being observed February 17-24. The pro . ject was kicked off Sunday when the Jaycees attended a service at the Baptist Church in a group of ■ 35- strong. \ The project is under the sponsor ship of the Religious Activities ) of which Joe Rogers is ’ chairman. The committee also is planning to sponsor the annual Jaycee Easter sunrise service as j another phase of religious activi ties. The Jaycees’ purpose in this type of work is to encourage members j and the community to participate I in the religion of one’s choice. , Governor Os Lions Will Visit Edenton’s Club Monday Night Marvin E. Evans of Wilson Will Speak At Meeting j Marvin E. Evans of Wilson, who . j is District Governor of Lions Inter national for District 31-J. will meet . | with the Edenton Lions Club at its j regular meeting Monday night, I February 2r>, at 7 o’clock This will I be an official visit to the Edenton ; Club and the Governor will hold > conferences with the officers and > he the principal speaker at the . meeting. r President Ernest J. Ward, Jr., - i especially urges every member to I lie present at the meeting. ! Conservation District. The super j intende’jts pointed out to the su | pervisors that by making the con | test an annual event that the teaeh i ers and students could do a better | job on the posters and could teach • the students conservation. The group decided to make a few changes in the rules that have been used for the last three years. The contest will be for the students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades omitting the seventh grade because it was the feeling of the group that students in the seventh grade are too busy with their work in school. The other change was that a stu dent can use any materiol available in making his or her poster. Be fore Hie poster had to be a draw ing by Hie student; now cutouts may be used or any other means «f Continued m ftp 1

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